get sth back

— Phrasal Verb with get

/get/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got, US gotten)

Definition

› If you get something back, something that you had before is given to you again: I wouldn't lend him anything, you'll never get it back.

(Definition of get sth back from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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